#readong

[the---hermit]

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I read this novella for the first time about four years ago, but I have been eyeing this particular edition for years. My first read was an Italian translation, that was good but I have always wanted to read the original English and this particular copy with Carmen Maria Machado's edits and a few stunning illustrations is so good. I really enjoyed my time with it. I remembered the story vaguely and it was lovely to redescover it. I think this is a very approachable classic, I am really into early horror and in the past few years I have been enjoying vampire horror a lot. I particularly liked how this edition shines a clear light on the sapphic subtext, it's definitely not to hidden but it's nice when it's fully acknowledged by the introduction and editors of modern copies. Rereading this definitely put me in the mood for more vampire horror so you might see me read more in the next while.

#bookblr #booklr #2024 book #book #books #reading #book rec #book review #book recommendation #readong #book cover #mine #the---hermit #carmilla

[ebookporn]

Aspirational goals...

#booklovers #literacy #readong #librarians #booksellers #hermi #solitude

[sumpix]

The Reader (Battle of Britain, October 8th,1940)

#books #readong #wars

[bubba-draws]

I'm never drawing the Pale King again, I think I just completely peaked here and nothing will ever be able to beat it /j

#i imagine he makes the SpongeBob squish step sounds in the second pic #honestly i love pk as a character i love readong people's different interpretations of him #like yes hes a vey nuanced character and all #but i also love bullying him #bubba speaks #pale king #hollow knight

[hauntedpearl]

I have started reading lord of the rings btw. finally

#it is my first time! #i have been avoiding the spoilers my whole life!!! #I didn't watch the movies also #so im just really excited to get in on all that!! #i juat finished the fellowship of the ring and started the two towers #but i think i might have to take a small break between books bc its a little overwhelming readong the series at once i think xD #can't focus for shit hahaha #anyway!!! #doe reads books! #what have you guys been reading! 👀

[propheticscrewup]

i miss late night cellbit streams building the order with richarlyson. i miss richarlyson and cellbit doing whatever and going out on adventures together and i miss everything. i miss q!cellbit. i miss the arg. i miss the feather puzzle. i miss the maze. q!cellbit come home :(

#qsmp #readong qcellbits wiki page just to pretend hes back 💔 #you need to assign the new eggs ordem entities cellbit come back :(

[cwarscars]

Like this for a suggestive / flirty ask °×°

(( may get nsfw if allowed on your blog ! Multis specify muse -! No cap ! ))

#(inboxcall) #im feeling spicy? #last day at work tomorrow! and then i can be here! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 #had some MORE bad news today but its alright im immune at this point lol #ive been readong bara mangas lately and look here me out...so much heid looking guys #im gonna make a post about them at some point lol

[sofiadragon]

Time to watch BBC Merlin again. Break out the DVDs!

#bbc merlin #i started readong a merlin & Harry potter crossover #where the bbc Merlin series is a prequel to the HP books #it's also a forced marraige Snarry with morals #Snape clinging to this one line he's never crossed by his fingernails #he has a body count but he means it in exactly one way #they retrace some of the old bbc Merlin adventures because magic artifacts #blends stuff like where dementors come from with evil places in Merlin canon #so cracktastic

[0utrenoir]

I am so boreddddddddddd

#i should finish that drawing but its boring #watching tv is boringggg #readong is boringggggggg

[the---hermit]

12|11|2022

My months of rest and relaxation // day 4

As I said I don't want to give myself any to do lists during this period of rest, I want to learn that I can do things just because I want to and not because I feel like I have to. I also want to get better at approaching reading in the same way, I think I am on a good starting point, but although I tend to have mutiple books on my currently reading pile I have yet to learn that I should pick a specific book up because I am excited about it and I am in the mood for that speacific read, if that makes any sense. I have currently three books in my currently reading pile, the first is my all time favourite: Frankenstein. I am taking my time rereading this because have never fully annotated this copy. My first ever read of the book was on a high school book which I couldn't annotate, and then I reread it last year (I think?) with an audiobook. The second read is Legends And Lattes by Travis Baldree, it sounds like a super cozy and chill read and it's the exact reason I picked it up. I love Frankenstein but sometimes I need to relax my mind with something a bit more lighthearted. Finally the last book I am slowly getting into (finally) is The View From The Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman. It's a selected collection of non-fiction by my favourite author and it has sat on my shelves for too long. For some reason this book gives me cozy vibes as well although it's non fiction. I am taking my time to slowly read it and annotate it, and I am truly loving the experience. At the moment the only thing is missing is an audiobook, but since I am currently re listening to The Magnus Archives it makes sense not to have an audiobook on the go.

Productivity:

Made cinnamon rolls (these are the first I bake this season!)

Continued my re-listening of The Magnus Archives

Took time to read in-between other things I did during the day

Practiced Irish on duolingo

Self care:

Read first thing in the morning

Baked

Invited a friend over in the afternoon and we just drank tea and had a lovely time chatting

#studyblr #studyinspo #book #bookblr #journal #notebook #studying #notes #cinnamon rolls #baking #cooking #food #tbr shelf #currently readong #bookish #booklr #myhoneststudyblr #hiyatranquil #journaling #mine #the---hermit

[uniquevocashark]

Tw for implied/referenced mutilation, implied death, castle dimitrescu working conditions etc etc. This drabble is in first person

I had never known how to pace myself; my father had once told me that a woman should know, by heart, such a thing, lest she run headlong into trouble. But running is all I can do in castle dimitrescu.

And in every nook and every crack there is trouble waiting to choke and maim. Working at the call of the Lord Dimitrescu, who had called my family by name for the honour, is harrowing work. I have always been dogged and assured and willing to follow my feelings to the end.

It is early in the morning, a sliver past five, and I find myself in the Lords office. I am guilty to my marrow and the soul housed within it; I wish I had a charm from home to distract from it and pretend some measure of calm. The Lord is a rigid silhouette in the darkness, her hands, unsettlingly, ungloved.

"A woman is only as good as her word." Is all the Lord says to me in greeting. I keep my eyes downcast to hide my shameful tears.

In front of me, in the tender light of a single candle, is my contract. Her signature dominates the very bottom, neatly tucked beside the word Witness and Employer . She has taken red ink to one clause, thickly and wetly underlined it with three long strokes. It reads I accept any and all consequences of any attempt to leave unlawfully. My own signature sits besides the clause, and the many others preceding and following it. I have no idea of which I broke, or how many. All I have left is the shame, and the guilt.

The single candle is not enough to light the space for anymore than reading. I do not look up at her face to find out if that is true.

"Yes, my lady." I reply quietly.

She grabs my chin with two fingers; I avert my eyes. I do not want to see the look on her face, "Do you understand?"

Her thumb presses gently to my parted lips and closes them. I look.

Her eyes are terrible gold; piercing and glittery. I do not think it is from the candlelight.

...

It is the pleasure of the Lady to take tongues; I am very very fortunate to have kept mine. Despite such a blessing, I cannot speak. My throat clogs with shame; the remembrance of her touch on my lips has filled them with guilt so heavy that I cannot move them. When I try I cannot stand to open it, and if I make a sound it is a low, beastly noise of a guilty creature.

I meander through my tasks with no surety; I can feel the shaking of my limbs and must concentrate completely to stop it, and my hands move slow and barely as a result. I know I am scattered too, for the looks the others give me. Still, we are shaken by the loss of half our own; some, I know, are marked as I am. They do not ask me questions, yet, for which I am grateful. It is a small comfort during a day with none.

The head of staff comes to me four times that day; to see her twice for poor work is to earn a whipping. The dread of what punishment she will give me compounds to my already guilty heart. I am torn between wanting death for my foolishness, and wanting to live to demonstrate my contrition. I have blasphemed; I know in my heart death will not atone for such a crime.

I push aside my speculation and charge headlong into my assigned work, hoping the routine will finally snap my body back into harmony. Then, perhaps, my mind will be able to catch up.

...

The head of staff is a good listener, though I cannot say that I know her at all. She takes my hand intimately, lacing our fingers together and cradling the joining in her lap. I am pulled slightly towards her and when we brush shoulders she accommodates me warmly.

"You're very strong." She says, stroking a thumb over my knuckles.

Her hands are dry and very warm; her nails are smooth and firm. I had assumed they were painted but they are not; by some misfortune they are growing afflicted with frostbite, turned a permanent black. She prods my lip with one of them and I startle.

I nod and look away, realising I had been staring at our hands.

Her lips curve into a bow shaped smile, full lipped and well cared for. "Most girls," she says, leaning in like she's sharing a secret. I mimic her, straining to hear, "they cry for days afterwards."

Lady Dimitrescu's furious golden gaze crosses my mind. I shiver, squeezing her hand hard to stop the instinct to run. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth and when I free it, it sticks to the sides of my teeth.

"They weren't very hearty, like you are," She goes on, planting her other hand on my leg, just above my knee, "Hardly good for anything. You'd make a wonderful soup, wouldnt you?"

"I—" I look at her, and use my free hand to wipe my dry cheeks after looking away, "—I hope so."

My shame rises and chokes me again so hard i have to cover my mouth to stop from vomiting. This seems to amuse her; she removes her hand from my leg to cover her mouth with the tips of her dainty fingers, exhaling a miscarried laugh out in one breath. She glances to the door, where I notice the lingering shape of the Lady Dimitrescu's shadow. I freeze, hands trapped, and only breathe when the sound of her heels stalks away.

#trying my hand at first person horror #lady dimitrescu #my writing #first person #just my sillies psychologically harming a random maid for life :3 #ive been readong a lot of first person and got excited so im trying it out :D!!! #igraine wesker chief of castle staff

[acciobamon]

It says a lot about the state of my mental health when Ketterdam is my happy place right now

#kaz adopted wylan #La Minute Camille #readong about wesper and the crows being a family brings me comfort #which considering how they're all fucked up in some way might be worrying #but found family and love you know #also the trope gives me too much happiness #anyways thank you soc and sab show for giving me comfort in these times

[aminta]

shit i REALLY hope this isnt fucking covid

#op #ill just blow up and die this feels like how it felt after my vaccine >.< maybe im readong too much knto it

[lydiacatfish]

Watching the ofmd season 2 trailer isn't enough I need to eat it

#im readong theories ans throwing my hand over my forehead to swoon like a victorian woman #concerned izzy might leave his pathetic wet rat dog era and do somwthing cool forcing me to like him #also miss bonny hiiiii oh my gosh haha can i hold your cutlass for you? haha just a little please? #i wouldnt hit on jim. they are taken and i respect that.

[kitschtarot]

📚 Should you come out of your shell and love again? 📚

Yes or no answer tarot reading - choose 1 , 2 or 3

Answers :::

1- yes, even if you are not feeling so confident, a partnership of acceptance and care will help you gain balance. Let go, take courage because in this instance you will need another person's help to make yourself ready, able to be in a loving relationship. I feel this is the fruit of all the good things you have sown, it is a blessed, guided relationship 🎍

2. Yes, but you need enduring courage. You are very afraid, anxious, defensive, have a tendency to walk out from trying situations instead of face them; but, you are desperate for a change that you are willing and able to let go of what weighs you down. Take a deep breath and take that hopeful, brave step to love, and then another step, and another 🍸

3. Yes, but something in you is in the way. This is a huge change for you perhaps this is something that is too good to be true? Is this something you're not expecting? Or does this make you lose control and you fear it? - which is natural because this time, you are sharing. Give in to your passions, trust yourself. It is stability, joy, a loving home and you deserve this 🥖

🎀🥋

I wish we love ourselves enough making us capable of loving others too 🙏📈

💐💋

#Love tarot #Tarot readong #tarot of the day #yes or no #Yes or no tarot #Answers #question of the day #Shell #Loving again #1111 #Nurture #Self love #Loving others #love again #Pick a card #pick a pile #free readings

[fuckitfireeverything]

the best part about reading a lot of horror film scholarship is that it gives me a really solid idea of what I don’t want to do with my own writing/what to avoid

the worst part of reading a lot of horror film scholarship is that a lot of it is dogshit

#you can't just recap a plot summary of five vaguely related horror films and call that an argument!!!!! #and yet!! that seems to be what everyone thinks the extent of the field is!! #it's so BORING #like maybe it's because my training is in new criticism/formalism but where is the CLOSE READONG #* READING #where is the attention to formal elements beyond the plot! #how can you talk about a film without actually analyzing the visual language of the film and what it's doing! #the theoretical set up for this book as a marxist feminist attempt to fo something with the inherent imbrication of class horror and gender #horror was so promising but she isn't even doing anything THEORETICALLY interesting much less conducting a compelling reading of these films